Fire In The Blood By Dr. Peter Mugyenyi

“Where are the drugs? The drugs are where the diseases are not! The disease is where the drugs are not!” This question by Dr. Peter Mugyenyi is perhaps the lingering query and the premier basis of outrage, frustration and anger provoked, as images of the weakened bodies of the innocent and young lives lie in pain, hopeless. The powerful and imperative exposé, Fire in the blood explores the intentional malice and inhumane acts of big pharmaceutical corporations and the U.S. government to block access to low-cost anti-AIDS medicines, and instead profit maximally at the expense of millions dying across the globe. Those who are to protect, advocate for the helpless and offer solutions to world problems, became instead the enemies of life and thus,
perpetuators of evil to the highest degree. This form of global social injustice can be viewed from the standpoints of institutionalized racism and elitism, discriminatory ideology or simply, an act of human greed. Though all encompassing, this essay examines the documentary from the lens of structural violence as it relates to the general poor and African people.